Well deserved, Prof. Who needs newspapers anyway? LI is one of my daily must-reads when the time permits (right after Drudge). The time I used to spend reading the writers of Hot Air is now put to better use here–your coverage of controversial news stories is more provocative and engaging. You don’t shy away from trouble–I like that.

Anyway, your blog and very original voice is sheer excellence. Your commenting regulars are great, too.

I spend time first thing and revisit often every day at LI (we retired folks don’t have much of a life.) I also frequently look at the multitudinous postings of Anne Althouse – who must set records on the number of posts by a blogger (although I have not seen a statistical comparison) helped along by her blogging style. I have just began following Tom Maguire at JustOneMinute on his Martin-Zimmermann coverage and he too has that certain dedication to craft that so typifies the writings of Willam Jacobson and Anne Althouse.

Accountants like me are impressed with large improvements in numbers and WOW, a 49+% increase in page reads for 2010 over 2009 and 65% boost in 2011 are incredible numbers. I can only imagine that 2012 will be more of the same.

I wondered why the Blogfather wasn’t on it, but it would make sense to exclude him anyway. Heh, I remember when he used to troll his Tech Central Station site for Instapundit visitors! I was a late adopter myself; TCS was a regular stop, but I wasn’t sure the whole “blogging” thing would ever catch on.

Congratulations, your success is well-earned, and with Reynolds’ libertarian proclivities and Volokh’s disparate cast, you are the most dependably conservative major law-prof-blogger out there. Or out here, as the case may be.